Itunes 11.1.4 erased my library on install OS 10.9.1

I clicked on update this pass Friday for itunes 11.1.4. Upone iTunes reopening my library was empty. I tried several methods of importing my library via old library/ and or xml files. This did not work. I spent 2 1/2 days reimporting all my music/apps/tones etc... to iTunes. I felt I was finally getting somewhere. I shut down my computer. Upon arriving home I opened iTunes so I could sync my iphone. Arrrgghhhh my library is empty again! In my itunes folder i have lots of "tmp" files. What is that about? I have attached a screen shot as well.
Macbook Air 1.8ghz intel core i5, 8gb 1600 Mhz DDR3
OS Version 10.9.1
Itunes folder on external drive formatted as Windows NT Filesystem
HELP!!! i cant do this again!

Was the library working before this? Macs cannot write to NTFS drives without special software.

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